Gran Turismo 7 has been largely unplayable for almost half a day due to an extended server maintenance period.
Because of an issue found inthe game’s latest update, its servers have been down for over 10 hours at the time of publication, leaving fans eager to play the racer frustrated.
Gran Turismo 7ishighly dependent on players having an online connection. The only part of it that is accessible without being connected to the internet is its arcade mode.
UPDATE:Polyphony DigitalCEOKazunori Yamauchi has addressedGran Turismo 7’s recent lengthy server downtime, which has now ended, as well as the controversial decision to tweak winnings to make grinding for cars even longer.
ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES:“Due to an issue found in Update 1.07, we will be extending the Server Maintenance period,” theGran TurismoTwitter accountpostedearlier on Thursday.
“We will notify everyone as soon as possible when this is likely to be completed. We apologize for this inconvenience and ask for your patience while we work to resolve the issue.”
Gran Turismo 7 still offline. Such a shame to see the online-only aspect and micro-transaction stuff sour what has become one of my favourite games in a long time.
Prior to the game’s release, Polyphony Digital CEOKazunori Yamauchisaid Gran Turismo 7’s campaign requires an internet connection to combat cheating.
He toldEurogamerthe requirement was “just to prevent cheating overall from people trying to modify the save data, so that’s the reason for the online connection”.
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Yamauchi added: “The online connection is required for the campaign mode. The only part of the game that doesn’t require an online connection is the arcade mode, because that has no effect on the save data, so that’s possible.
“But anything that has to do with the save data requires a connection. For example things like the livery data as well – that’s something that is downloaded from the online server.”
